Patents by Inventor Long Zhang

Long Zhang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220186429
    Abstract: A method for preparing a novel waterborne polyurethane foam layer for synthetic leather is disclosed. The method includes first preparing a charged cellulose nanofiber by using a wood pulp as a raw material; meanwhile, subjecting a polyisocyanate, a macromolecular diol, a hydrophilic chain extender and a small molecular chain extender to a polyaddition reaction and an acid-base neutralization reaction in sequence, to obtain a cationic or anionic waterborne polyurethane; adding the charged cellulose nanofiber and a certain amount of a crosslinking agent to the oppositely charged ionic waterborne polyurethane emulsion, stirring the resulting mixture, forming a bimolecular layer at the gas/liquid interface by a self-assembly of the cellulose nanofiber and waterborne polyurethane nanoparticles through electrostatic interactions to obtain a stable Pickering foam; using the stable Pickering foam as a template, drying and solidifying to obtain the waterborne polyurethane foam layer for synthetic leather.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: SICHUAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wei LIN, Jianhui WU, To NGAI, Chunhua WANG, Long ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220174128
    Abstract: A data processing method includes: in the case where an operation state of an audio/video device in a target driving device is an out of operation state, generating an out of operation state notification message of the audio/video device; and sending the out of operation state notification message to a push client for stopping a data push between the push client and a push server using the out of operation state notification message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: Apollo Intelligent Connectivity (Beijing) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiliang CHEN, Long ZHANG, Yumei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220157975
    Abstract: A lateral insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) with a low turn-on overshoot current is provided to reduce a peak value of a current flowing through a device during turn-on of a second gate pulse while preventing a current capability and a withstand voltage capability from being degraded. The lateral IGBT includes: a buried oxygen arranged on a P-type substrate, an N-type drift region arranged on the buried oxygen, on which a P-type body region and an N-type buffer region are arranged, a P-type collector region arranged in the N-type buffer region, a field oxide layer arranged above the N-type drift region, a P-type well region arranged in the P-type body region, and a P-type emitter region and an emitter region arranged in the P-type well region, where inner boundaries of the foregoing 4 regions are synchronously recessed to form a pinch-off region. A gate oxide layer is arranged on a surface of the P-type body region, and a polysilicon gate is arranged on the gate oxide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Jing ZHU, Ankang LI, Long ZHANG, Weifeng SUN, Shengli LU, Longxing SHI
  • Publication number: 20220154948
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heating device, including a housing, and an electrothermal film and a fan arranged in the housing, wherein the fan is located at a bottom of the electrothermal film, the fan is provided with an air inlet facing upwards and an air outlet facing forwards, and the housing is provided with a vent hole at a position corresponding to the air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Long ZHANG, Bo YU, Yuye LUO, Jian ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11333647
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for assessing hot coal fallout propensity of burning cigarettes based on human behavior features of ash-flicking action. The method is characterized in that the method is accomplished through an apparatus for detecting hot coal fallout propensity based on human behavior features of ash-flicking action, which include behavior features of human action of flicking cigarette ash, features of holding a cigarette, and features of force applying process and other aspects. This method can provide objective and accurate test basis for evaluation of cigarette fallout performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: ZHENGZHOU TOBACCO RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CNTC, HEFEI INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, CHINA TOBACCO JIANGXI INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Li, Yi Zhang, Yaoshuo Sang, Mingjian Zhang, Liu Hong, Zhigang Li, Bingyang Xu, Zhenyu Xu, Xiaoling Tang, Long Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220147873
    Abstract: A processing device for federated learning, including: a modular exponentiation module including at least one modular exponentiation engine; a pre-processing module for providing operations corresponding to a plurality of operator modes; a montgomerization module for providing montgomerization operations; a confusion calculation module for providing modular multiplication operations in montgomery space; a montgomery reduction module for providing montgomery reduction operations; and a controller for determining, according to an input operator mode, whether to enable at least two modules out of the pre-processing module, the montgomerization module, the confusion calculation module, and the montgomery reduction module, so as for cooperatively performing the input operator mode together with the modular exponentiation module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Long ZHANG, Wei WANG, Shuihai HU
  • Publication number: 20220139419
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric microactuator having a wrap-around electrode includes forming a piezoelectric element having a large central electrode on a top face, and having a wrap-around electrode that includes the bottom face, two opposing ends of the device, and two opposing end portions of the top face. The device is then cut through the middle, separating the device into two separate piezoelectric microactuators each having a wrap-around electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Hahn, Kuen Chee Ee, Long Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220122633
    Abstract: A trace gimbal is described. The trace gimbal includes outer struts including a front outrigger at a distal end of the trace gimbal and a rear outrigger at a proximal end of the trace gimbal. The front outrigger includes a distal front outrigger and a proximal front outrigger. The rear outrigger includes a distal rear outrigger and a proximal rear outrigger. The trace gimbal also includes a middle strut extending from the distal rear outrigger and adjoining the proximal front outrigger to the rear outrigger. The middle strut extends from a slider tongue adjoining the outer gimbal struts to the slider tongue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Long Zhang, Kuen Chee Ee, David Glaess
  • Publication number: 20220110413
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional (3D) footwear product may be provided. The method may include obtaining foot feature data. The foot feature data may include a size of a foot. The method may also include constructing a planar model of the 3D footwear product based on the foot feature data. The planar model may include a body region and a connection structure connected to the body region. The method may further include printing a planar product of the 3D footwear product using a 3D printing method based on the planar model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: LUXCREO (BEIJING) INC.
    Inventors: Hongyi CHE, Long ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220115036
    Abstract: A PZT microactuator such as for a hard disk drive has a restraining layer bonded on its side that is opposite the side on which the PZT is mounted. The restraining layer comprises a stiff and resilient material such as stainless steel. The restraining layer can cover most or all of the top of the PZT, with an electrical connection being made to the PZT where it is not covered by the restraining layer. The restraining layer reduces bending of the PZT as mounted and hence increases effective stroke length, or reverses the sign of the bending which increases the effective stroke length of the PZT even further. The restraining layer can be one or more active layers of PZT material that act in the opposite direction as the main PZT layer. The restraining layer(s) may be thinner than the main PZT layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: David Glaess, Kuen Chee Ee, Long Zhang, Chris Dunn
  • Patent number: 11296861
    Abstract: A Paillier decryption system, IC, and method. The IC includes: a modular exponentiation module, for performing modular exponentiation operations related to a first subitem and a second subitem, where a Paillier decryption process of encrypted data is divided into a first subitem and a second subitem according to the Chinese remainder theorem, the first subitem corresponding to a first prime, the second subitem corresponding to a second prime, a public key of the encrypted data being a product of the first prime and the second prime, a bit width of the first prime being the same as a bit width of the second prime; a first module combination corresponding to the first subitem, for determining a computation result of the first subitem; and a second module combination corresponding to the second subitem, for determining a computation result of the second subitem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: CLUSTAR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Long Zhang, Wei Wang, Shuihai Hu
  • Patent number: 11296531
    Abstract: A charging apparatus, a charging system, and a charging control method are provided. The charging apparatus includes: a transforming element and output interfaces, and further includes a charging control element and a maximum output power control element. The charging control element is connected with the maximum output power control element, and the charging control element identifies a target charging mode selected by a user and sends the target charging mode to the maximum output power control element. The maximum output power control element is connected with the transforming element, and the maximum output power control element determines a target maximum output power corresponding to the target charging mode according to a pre-saved correspondence relationship between each charging mode and each maximum output power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: Gree Electric Appliances (Wuhan) Co., LTD., Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Pengfei Xu, Guihua Yin, Ping Yang, Zhen Liu, Long Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220081694
    Abstract: A genetically modified houseplant capable of reducing levels of volatile organic carcinogenic compounds, such as formaldehyde, benzene, and chloroform, in the indoor air in urban homes of developed countries is disclosed. The plant expresses a detoxifying transgene, mammalian cytochrome P450 2e, and has shown sufficient detoxifying activity against benzene and chloroform. Air purifying biofilters utilizing the plants and methods of their use are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: University of Washington
    Inventors: Long Zhang, Stuart E. Strand
  • Patent number: 11276426
    Abstract: A PZT microactuator such as for a hard disk drive has a restraining layer bonded on its side that is opposite the side on which the PZT is mounted. The restraining layer comprises a stiff and resilient material such as stainless steel. The restraining layer can cover most or all of the top of the PZT, with an electrical connection being made to the PZT where it is not covered by the restraining layer. The restraining layer reduces bending of the PZT as mounted and hence increases effective stroke length, or reverses the sign of the bending which increases the effective stroke length of the PZT even further. The restraining layer can be one or more active layers of PZT material that act in the opposite direction as the main PZT layer. The restraining layer(s) may be thinner than the main PZT layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Magnecomp Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Hahn, Kuen Chee Ee, Long Zhang
  • Patent number: 11264034
    Abstract: A voice identification method, device, apparatus, and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: receiving voice data; and performing a voice identification on the voice data, to obtain first text data associated with the voice data; determining common text data in a preset fixed data table, wherein a similarity between a pronunciation of the determined common text data and a pronunciation of the first text data meets a preset condition, wherein the determined common text data is a voice identification result with an occurrence number larger than a first preset threshold; and replacing the first text data with the determined common text data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Baidu Online Network Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ye Song, Long Zhang, Pengpeng Jie
  • Publication number: 20220026122
    Abstract: A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) system includes a first compressor having a first capacity, a second compressor having a second capacity, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator fluidly connected. The first compressor and the second compressor are arranged in parallel. The first compressor includes a first lubricant sump. The second compressor includes a second lubricant sump. The first lubricant sump is fluidly connected to the second lubricant sump via a lubricant transfer conduit. A flow restrictor is disposed in the lubricant transfer conduit. The flow restrictor is configured to reduce a refrigerant flow between the first compressor and the second compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Jun Ouyang, Long Zhang
  • Patent number: 11227629
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a piezoelectric microactuator having a wrap-around electrode includes forming a piezoelectric element having a large central electrode on a top face, and having a wrap-around electrode that includes the bottom face, two opposing ends of the device, and two opposing end portions of the top face. The device is then cut through the middle, separating the device into two separate piezoelectric microactuators each having a wrap-around electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Magnecomp Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Hahn, Kuen Chee Ee, Long Zhang
  • Patent number: 11210330
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for storing, reading, and displaying a plurality of multimedia files are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: HANGZHOU HIKVISION DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Guo, Long Zhang, Anmin Xin
  • Publication number: 20210397686
    Abstract: A method includes receiving a first audio signal when an electronic device is locked, where the first audio signal includes a first voice signal of a user, and the first voice signal includes a keyword for requesting the electronic device to perform a first operation, performing voiceprint recognition on the first audio signal to determine a score of the first audio signal, unlocking the electronic device and performing the first operation when the score is greater than or equal to a first threshold, prompting the user to perform security authentication in a manner other than a voice manner when the score is less than the first threshold and greater than a second threshold, and unlocking the electronic device and performing the first operation when the security authentication performed by the user succeeds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Inventors: Yuanli Gan, Long Zhang, Kan Li, Jinjin Jie, Danqing Sun
  • Patent number: 11205449
    Abstract: A PZT microactuator such as for a hard disk drive has a restraining layer bonded on its side that is opposite the side on which the PZT is mounted. The restraining layer comprises a stiff and resilient material such as stainless steel. The restraining layer can cover most or all of the top of the PZT, with an electrical connection being made to the PZT where it is not covered by the restraining layer. The restraining layer reduces bending of the PZT as mounted and hence increases effective stroke length, or reverses the sign of the bending which increases the effective stroke length of the PZT even further. The restraining layer can be one or more active layers of PZT material that act in the opposite direction as the main PZT layer. The restraining layer(s) may be thinner than the main PZT layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Magnecomp Corporation
    Inventors: David Glaess, Kuen Chee Ee, Long Zhang, Chris Dunn